THE HELPING HAND When that hour comes when I shall sit alone,.... 54
_VALE_, FATHER PAT Yes, that’s the hardest hand at all upon my 57 frosted head—....
JOSEPHINE The presbytery has gone to pot since this 64 house-keeper came;....
THE OLD MASS SHANDRYDAN I can see it in my dreaming o’er a gap of thirty 70 years,....
PITCHIN’ AT THE CHURCH On the Sunday morning mustered,.... 78
SAID HANRAHAN “We’ll all be rooned,” said Hanrahan,.... 80
THE TIDY LITTLE BODY Faith, and little Miss McCroddie was the tidy 84 little body,....
THE PILLAR OF THE CHURCH Faith, ’tis good to see him comin’ when the bell 86 for Mass is flingin’....
TEDDO WELLS, DECEASED Times I think I’m not the man—.... 92
NORAH O’NEILL That Norah O’Neill is a sthreel,.... 96
THE PRESBYT’RY DOG Now of all the old sinners in mischief 98 immersed,....
TANGMALANGALOO The bishop sat in lordly state and purple cap 100 sublime,....
THE ALTAR-BOY Now McEvoy was altar-boy.... 103
AT CASEY’S AFTER MASS There’s a weather-beaten sign-post where the track 105 turns towards the west,....
ST. PATRICK’S DAY ’Tis the greatest splash of sunshine right through 112 all my retrospection....
THE CAREYS Their new house stood just off the road,.... 119
WHEN OLD MAN CAREY DIED A night of wind and driving rain,.... 125
THE PARTING ROSARY They have brought the news, my darlin’, that I’ve 128 waited for so long....
OWNERLESS He comes when the gullies are wrapped in the 134 gloaming....
LAUGHING MARY With cheeks that paled the rosy morn.... 137
MORYAH “Wisha, where is he goin’ to now.... 139
A STRANGER IN THE CHURCH ’Twas Callagan who jerked the thumb—.... 141
TELL ME, WHAT’S A GIRL TO DO? Tell me, what’s a girl to do.... 143
THE WIREE’S SONG The Wiree sang that Christmas Day,.... 145
WISHA, WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH JIM? “Wisha, what is the matter with Jim, I dunno?.... 147
SAID THE WHITE-HAIRED PRIEST Said the white-haired priest, “So the boy has 149 come,....
HONEYMOONING FROM THE COUNTRY To the rooms where I am dining in the glaring 152 city’s day....
MAKING HOME No, you don’t quite get the meaning when the fun 156 is at its height....
COULD I HEAR THE KOOKABURRAS ONCE AGAIN May a fading fancy hover round a gladness that is 162 over?....
COME, SING AUSTRALIAN SONGS TO ME! Come, Little One, and sing to me.... 165